It was a rough weekend of being stranded indoors with friends and eating a lot of food.

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You saw it all over the news: Hurricane Joaquin caused record-setting flooding in much of the Southeast, including the coastal city of Charleston, where I live. There was some damage in the area as a result of this, but luckily, the house I was stranded in was fine during the storm. Mainly, we just ate a lot and watched movies in succession.

Here are some of the things I ate when I was able to venture out of the house without my boots filling up with water.

Nothing like some bottomless chips and salsa and a cheap combo meal (a quesadilla AND a tamale AND rice.) to motivate you to leave the house. I’m not even mad that I had to walk through puddles to get this.

4. Oreo Brownies

Photo by Alison Mally

A friend came over with a tray of these brownies right as we were all starting to get cabin fever. The best part about this was that I didn’t even have to leave the house to eat them. With that being said, however, I would walk through a torrential downpour any time for these.